PROGRAMME
Young Energy Efficiency Researchers Conference
A conference to present the work of young researchers in the field of energy efficiency (in English only)
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Oral presentation
- 14.00 Opening and welcome
Gerhard Dell / Christiane Egger, OÖ Energiesparverband
- Design, development and performance of triple vacuum glazing
Saim Memon, London South Bank University, UK
- Design and realisation of a mixed solar cooker
Jean Materne Ango, University of Maroua, Cameroon
- Energy efficiency improvement in Iranian brick industry
Nushin Shahri, Allplan, Austria
- Robust building design able to cope with variations in user-behaviour
Lakshmishree Venu Gopal, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Mitigating CO2 emissions in Finland with seasonal thermal energy storage
Janne Hirvonen, Aalto University, Finland
- Cost-effective investments in energy saving measures for residential buildings
Mattia Baldini, Technical University of Denmark
- Involving academia in energy efficiency networks
Javier Sandoval / Ana Ortiz / Juliana Rodriguez, S2G, Mexico
- Determinants of heat demand in the European residential sector
Jens Ewald, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- Building management systems: case study of the Energy Centre Bračak
Matija Hrupački, North-West Croatia Regional Agency, Croatia
- Collecting silences: the role of entrepreneurs in assetising energy efficiency and carbon emission reduction property rights
Colin Nolden, University of Bristol, UK
- Community microgrids for future cities: a foresight analysis
Ariel Toh, SEE University Teknologi Malaysia
- Cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency measures for systems with a large share of renewables
Géremi Dranka, University of Minho, Portugal
- Renewables and e-mobility: key synergy for energy efficiency
Dražen Balić / Bruno Zidov / Tomislav Cop, Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar, Croatia
- Stabilised renewable power supply through coupling of solar cells and double layer capacitors (EDLCs)
Katrin Anneser, Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research, Germany
- Analysis of hydrogen fuel cell and battery efficiency
Aristeidis Tsakiris, Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency, Denmark
- Mitigating degradation of field-aged PV-modules in India
Kamlesh Yadav / Shradha Yadav, National Institute of Solar Energy / Banaras Hindu University, India
- Investigation of two hybrid PV thermal collectors
Bharat Chhugani / Nils Hupp, Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research, Germany
- Performance monitoring of high-efficiency Maxeon PV plant in India
Rashmi Singh, National Institute of Solar Energy, India
- Integrating indoor climate indicators in building legislation
Paraskevi Vivian Dorizas / Jonathan Volt, BPIE
- Waste heat recovery from a micro gas turbine: thermodynamic analysis
Adriana Santamaria Padilla, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico
Chairperson:
Reinhold Priewasser, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
19.00 Evening programme
Poster Presentations Energy Efficiency
- Passive energy conservation management in retrofit projects
Farhad Amiri Fard, Concordia University, Canada
- A waste management project in rural India
Naveen Yalagalawadi Somashekaraiah, Saahas NGO, India
- Hybrid solar geothermal ORC technology for electricity generation in Nepal
Suresh Baral, Pokhara University, Nepal
- Energy efficiency improvements and GHG mitigation for the mining sector
Anil Katta, University of Alberta, Canada
- Assessing the energy performance of office buildings with building simulation
Norbert Harmathy, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
- Addressing the energy efficiency gap with technical skills
Valeria Zambianchi, Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency, Denmark
- Indoor air quality, passive ventilation and thermal comfort in Nepal
Marianne Löwgren, Lund University, Sweden
- Reassessing the concept of "net zero" to ensure future-proof buildings
Camille Sifferlen, Passive House Institute, Germany
- Demand response market participation of a tertiary building
Mattia Barbero, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, Spain
- Mitigation of the effects of heatwaves in nursing homes
Dóra Szagri / Balázs Nagy, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
- End-user engagement in peer-to-peer energy sharing initiatives
Lurian Pires Klein, University of Coimbra, Poland
- Developing the Irish ESCO market: a SWOT analysis
Sadaf Alam, National University of Ireland, Ireland
- Energy democracy in achieving energy efficiency and its benefits
Jinhong Min / Andrew Lee / Junha Yang / Jaewoo Kuh, Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea
- Technology transfer – a path to innovation
Ioana Vlaicu, Transylvania University, Romania
- CO2 conversion with renewable H2 from surplus electric energy valorisation
Emanuela Agostini, Bio-P, Italy
- Integrating demand response and energy efficiency
Sweta Malik, TERI SAS, India
- Determining the state of health of used lithium ion batteries
Stephan Sighart / Madhav Singh / Barbara Poisl, University of Applied Sciences Landshut, Germany
- Economic and environmental benefits of low-energy blended cements
Hanna Ivashchyshyn / Oleksandr Horpynchenko, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine
- Ventilated wall with linear extruded aluminium hybrid panels
Petra Bagavac / Hrvoje Dedic-Jandrek / Josip Jurisic, University of Split, Croatia
- The efficiency of LED luminaire diffusors
Michal Kozlok / Marek Balsky, Czech Technical University Prague, Czech Republic
- Self-healing polymers for reducing life-cycle energy use
Kathryn Jerwann, Clemson University, US
- Empowering people with better buildings
Jonathan Volt, BPIE
Young Biomass Researchers Conference
A conference to present the work of young researchers in the field of biomass (in English only)
Thursday, 28 February 2019
Oral presentation
- 14.00 Opening and welcome
Gerhard Dell / Christiane Egger, OÖ Energiesparverband
- Characterisation of wheat straw combustion
Anna Strandberg, Umea University, Sweden
- The impact of lignin precipitation on its properties and use as an adhesive
Anton Lisý / Zuzana Burčová / František Kreps, Slovak University of Technology Bratislava
- One-pot fractionation of shrimp shells with deep eutectic solvents
Bojana Bradić, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia
- Biomethanation of tannery sludge: optimisation and evaluation of kinetics
Ashton Mpofu, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
- Recovery of valuable by-products from alkaline pulping
Hemanathan Kumar, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
- Correlation between particulate matter and O2 in a wood pellet stove
Luigi Polonini, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
- Biomass valorisation through waste to chemical conversion
Alessia Borgogna, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
- Life cycle GHG and energy analyses of bio-coal production from various feedstocks
Maryam Akbari, University of Alberta, Canada
- Power grid balancing by biomass CHP in the Ukraine
Oleksii Epik / Viacheslav Antonenko, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of NASU / Scientific Engineering Centre Biomass, Ukraine
- Techno-economic assessment of an advanced biomass processing depot
Pierre-Olivier Lemire, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
- Processing groundnut biomass to high-value energy
Sai Praneeth Thota, Sri Sathya Sai Institute for Higher Learning, India
- Mathematical optimisation of an integrated biogas and wastewater treatment system for palm oil mill effluent
Steve Z.Y. Foong, The University of Nottingham, Malaysia
- Biomass-biogas hybrid energy systems for remote area agricultural applications
Sonali Goel, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, India
- Real-life emissions of domestic wood heating appliances
Rita Sturmlechner, Bioenergy 2020+, Austria
- Evaluation of various types of biomass for electricity generation in high altitudes
Ashma Subedi, Kathmandu University, Nepal
- The charcoal and wood biomass dilemma in Uganda: what can be done differently?
Dastan Bamwesigye, Mendel University Brno, Czech Republic
Chairperson:
Walter Haslinger, Bioenergy 2020+, Austria
19.00 End of the conference day, Evening programme
Poster Presentations Biomass
- Fungal pre-treatment in bioenergy production from macroalgal biomass
Nesrine Ben Yahmed, University of Carthage, INSAT, Tunisia
- Combined ethanol and biodiesel production from cotton seed and stalk
Fikret Müge Alptekin / Merve Uyan, Ege University, Turkey
- Isolation and identification of antioxidants in grapes
Zuzanna Burčová / František Kreps / Anton Lisý, Slovak University of Technology Bratislava, Slovakia
- Production of "white coal" from paper waste
Jean Materne Ango / Joel Tize Koda, University of Maroua, Cameroon
- Sustainable microalgae biorefinery: from the cell to the process
Nadia Berrejeb, National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Tunisia
- Methane production from wastewater cultivated microalgae
Laura Vargas, National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Characterisation of pellet particles for industrial boilers
Hamid Rezaei, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Sustainable bioenergy feedstock production on marginal lands in Ukraine
Olha Haidai / Sofiia Levinska, Scientific Engineering Centre Biomass, Ukraine
- Plant biomass waste from the food industry as source of biofuels
František Kreps / Zuzana Burčová / Petra Strižincová / Anton Lisý, Slovak University of Technology Bratislava, Slovakia
- Lignin valorisation: LCA considerations for a circular bioeconomy
Angeliki Kylili, Frederick University Cyprus